Category Archives: Festivals

Sally Kindberg workshop at the Fitzrovia Fete 2024

Ha! the best workshop events have a life of their own … who knew when I introduced my tetrapods to Fitzrovia last sunday, I’d meet another one quoting Latin (it means now and for ever), encounter members of Save the … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg at the Punch & Judy Festival 2024

Mr Punch’s appearance in London’s Covent Garden, first mentioned by Samuel Pepys on 9th May 1662, is cause for an annual celebration of all things puppet related in the church gardens of St Paul’s, known as the Actors’ Church.  This … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg and a bit of live drawing in London’s Limehouse

  Recently I very briefly joined a friend, Bridget Marzo, at a Half Moon Children’s Theatre Festival, where she was promoting her next children’s book, and joined her and families drawing on the floor.  A very small person drew my … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg at St Paul’s Covent Garden May Fair 2023

On May 14th St Paul’s (aka the Actors’ Church) Covent Garden teemed with colourful policemen, Punch and Judy performers, clowns, puppets, Pearly Queens and other assorted characters. Years ago I met Professor Leslie Press, son of another Punch and Judy … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s pirate workshop at the Pollocks Toy Museum Fitzrovia Fete

Ahoy there! Pirates of all ages joined me on Saturday at the Fitzrovia Fete, organised by the magical Pollocks Toy Museum, to demonstrate that pirates have remarkably inventive drawing skills.   While pirates swashbuckled, crocodiles snapped, musicians played, Punch and … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s Monster Menu workshop at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019

The LICAF theme this year was … monsters.  Gurgle, groan and slurp etc! My workshop suggestion was to come up with an idea for a monster’s menu to go on a Monster Bake Off TV show.  Thirty or so fabulous … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s visit to Herne Bay Cartoon Festival

At last I got my timing right and managed to catch Herne Bay Cartoon Festival  and chat to some of the many cartoonists doing their stuff on the pier, and enjoyed putting faces to names. Good to see Martin Rowson again, … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg’s The Hand Book launches at ELCAF

Great day at ELCAF  (East London Comic Arts Festival) meeting up with fab comic strip makers and friends and seeing The Hand Book (of hopes and dreams) on sale there for the first time.  Now available from publisher Design For … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg and Meeting Mr Punch (again)

In 2012 I held an exhibition of drawings and photos after meeting Punch and Judy Professor Leslie Press. He is sadly no longer with us, but the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild has just published the feature I wrote … Continue reading

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Sally Kindberg goes to Ledbury Poetry Festival

  Last weekend I ran a map workshop for children at Ledbury Poetry Festival, staying on afterwards to experience some of the Festival‘s delights and surprises, as well as explore a bit.  After my saturday workshop I managed to catch the last performance of … Continue reading

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